Still Life

With four guide ropes attached to it, the east-side clock face is raised into position. While it didn't seem that windy on the ground on Saturday, Jan. 28, winds higher up were strong, requiring extra guidance to bring the clock face safely to the Old Main bell tower.

Old Main clock faces installed

Ben White of New Vibrations Audio and Video works on a ledge of the Old Main bell tower, to remove the speakers from the old chime system. The company installed a new carillon system today (Jan. 27) that will play a digital recording made of the original Old Main bell that now sits adjacent to Old Main and other bells of comparable sizes.

New carillon, restored clocks being installed

The funeral procession for Joe Paterno made its way past Beaver Stadium and down Porter Road as crowds applauded on Jan. 25. Thousands lined the procession route through the University Park campus and downtown State College to bid a last farewell to Joe Paterno.

Joe Paterno's funeral procession

Coach Joe Paterno was on the field for the first half of the Nittany Lions' football game. Penn State beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 13-3 on Oct. 8, 2011, in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Beaver Stadium.

Joe Paterno through the years

Katie Knobloch and Andrew Adamietz, members of the a capella group Blue in the Face, shared a candle at the vigil held Sunday, Jan. 22, to mourn the death of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who passed away earlier in the day. Several thousand members of the Penn State and State College community came out to the Old Main lawn on Penn State's University Park campus for the vigil.

Thousands mourn Paterno's passing

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Another phishing scam hits Penn State e-mail addresses

Monday, June 8, 2009

University Park, Pa. -- Fraudulent e-mails that appear to have come from the Penn State helpdesk have been sent to Penn State faculty, staff and students. These e-mails, which ask recipients to provide their userids and passwords, appear to be part of a phishing scam. These e-mail messages were not sent by the Penn State Information Technology Services (ITS) Help Desk or by helpdesk@psu.edu. Please do NOT reply to these messages as they are fake. ITS strongly recommends that the messages be deleted. Anyone who replied to any of these fraudulent messages should contact Security Operations & Services at (814) 863-9533.

ITS urges students, faculty, and staff not to give their passwords to anyone, under any circumstances. Passwords are an essential part of each person's Penn State "digital identity" and always must be kept as secure as possible. In addition, the University (and other official organizations) will never require anyone to provide sensitive information such as passwords, credit card numbers, or Social Security information via e-mail.

Most phishing schemes come in the form of unsolicited e-mail, with phrases like, "we need to confirm your account, please click here." However, the link leads users to a false Web site, and then prompts them to provide personal information such as their password, address, Social Security number, credit card data and more. The "phishers" then use the information to commit identity theft, a type of criminal activity that can include creating false bank accounts, maxing out credit cards and taking out loans in the victim's name.

Even if a company address may look legitimate, it's important to never send private information in response to an e-mail of this kind.

For more information about how to protect your personal data from phishing scams, visit the Penn State ITS Take Control Web site at http://its.psu.edu/takecontrol/phishing.php online.

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